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Manchester Evening News
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Ellie Kemp

The next UK storm names for 2022 and how the Met Office decides them

The names of the next 15 storms have been revealed by the Met Office.

Already this year, we have encountered five storms: Malik and Corrie in January and Dudley, Eunice and Franklin in February.

Storms are usually named when they have the potential to cause an amber or red weather warning.

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Either the Met Office, Met Éireann or KNMI (Dutch national weather forecasting service) can name a storm.

Earlier this year the UK's weather service asked the public to send in their ideas for future storm names.

They received thousands of suggestions and this year's list has been compiled from those, as well as suggestions from Met Éireann and KNMI.

They wanted to choose 'some of the more popular names and names that reflect the diversity of Britain, Ireland and the Netherlands.'

What names would you suggest? Tell us in the comments below.

The next 15 storm names are:

  • Gladys
  • Herman
  • Imani
  • Jack
  • Kim
  • Logan
  • Méabh
  • Nasim
  • Olwen
  • Pól
  • Ruby
  • Seán
  • Tineke
  • Vergil
  • Willemien

Eagle-eyed people will notice that there aren't any storm names starting with Q, U, X, Y or Z.

This is to ensure they are in line with the US National Hurricane Centre naming conventions.

It works to 'maintain consistency for official storm naming in the North Atlantic,' the Met Office explains.

If you'd like to put a storm name forward, you can simply email your suggestions to nameourstorms@metoffice.gov.uk

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